Conference Announcement "Jus in Bello: The Conduct of War" International Conference Institute of Applied Ethics, University of Hull Hull, England (UK) 27-28 September 2004
The conference will examine the ethics of the conduct of war (jus in bello). Key speakers include: - Professor James Turner Johnson, Rutgers University (Author of 'Can Modern War be Just?') - Major General (Retd) Patrick Cordingley (Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in the Gulf War 1991) - Professor Asa Kasher, Tel-Aviv University (Author of the Code of Ethics of the Israeli Defence Forces) - Professor Paul Gilbert, University of Hull - Professor Michael Schmitt, George Marshall Centre, Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Professor Henry Shue, Merton College, Oxford Other speakers will include both academics and members of the UK and US military. Subjects of conference papers will include: the definition of excessive force; the limits of force in the War on Terror; the ethics of air power; non-combatant immunity; and case studies. For further information, or to offer a paper or to attend the conference, please contact Dr Paul Robinson at: [email protected] _________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://agd.polylog.org/cal/
